Showing Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld

Paperback. Pub Date :2012-10-30 Pages: 1552 Language: English Publisher: Simon Pulse Destiny meets history in the complete boxed set of the riveting. New York Times bestselling Leviathan trilogy.It is the cusp of World War I. The Austro -Hungarians and Germans have their Clankers. steam-driven iron machines loaded with guns and ammunition. The British Darwinists employ genetically fabricated animals as their weaponry. Their Leviathan is a whale airship. and the most masterful beast in the British fleet.In this striking futuristic rendition of an alternate past where machines are pitted against genetically modified beasts. Aleksandar Ferdinand. a Clanker. and Deryn Sharp. a Darwinist. are on opposite sides in the First World War. But their paths cross in the most unexpected way. and together they embark on an around-the-world adventure .... One that will change both their liv...